Erdoğan blocked prosecution of ministers implicated in 2013 graft probe: ex-AKP lawmaker
An opposition lawmaker and former MP from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has claimed that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan prevented the prosecution...
Turkish social media users express outrage over mob attack on Syrians in Istanbul
Turkish social media users expressed outrage over a mob attacking the properties of Syrian refugees in İstanbul's Esenyurt district yesterday evening with the hashtag...
CHP refers deputy to disciplinary committee over remarks on call to prayer in Turkish
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) executive board has referred deputy Öztürk Yılmaz to its disciplinary committee over remarks on a TV station...
Turkish university launches investigation into professor over use of Kurdish poetry books in classes
A professor in the Kurdish language and literature department at Muş Alparslan University in southeastern Turkey is the subject of an investigation for using...
30 arrested for bringing migrants from Turkey to EU on leisure boats: report
Italian, Albanian and Greek police in a joint operation on Wednesday arrested people accused of profiteering several hundred million euros to smuggle refugees and...
Female student who ‘insulted’ Atatürk arrested by Turkish court
A 21-year-old female university student who was detained for “insulting” Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, was arrested by a...
Turkish court arrests lawyer over alleged terror ties
A Turkish court has arrested a lawyer for alleged ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is designated as a terrorist organization...
Authorities order release pending trial of NCO accused of sexual abuse of 2 minors
A Turkish court ruled yesterday for the release pending trial of a noncommissioned officer who is being prosecuted for allegedly sexually abusing two high...
Erdoğan says Turkey not bound by European court’s ruling to release Demirtaş
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said that Turkey is not bound by verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) following the...
Turkish defense ministry expels 8 military officers over secularist chant
Turkey’s Ministry of Defense announced Friday that five newly commissioned lieutenants and three commanding officers have been dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces following...
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